Thursday, July 18, 2013

Around the yard, July 17

I have a hard time believing it is the middle of July already, time goes by so quickly. It is my favorite time of the week, sharing my skies with Skywatch Friday and some yardbirds for NF Winged. I hope you can join in on our fun. It has been a hot and humid week here in Maryland. I hope everyone is staying cool.

For the birdies part of my post, I am sharing the Brown-headed Cowbird and a Redbellied Woodpecker above.

I have a Brown-headed Cowbird pair hanging around my feeders, they left their eggs for the Cardinals to take over the parenting job.

A male House Finch, looking pretty with his colorful red head.

The House Finch couple.

I have been enjoying the Sunrise on my way to work. Some of these photos were taken over a couple of mornings.

While everyone seems to be in a hurry in the morning, I guess they are in a hurry to get to work. If I see a nice sky I will pull over to snap a few photos.

This moon shot..phase is the Waxing Crescent taken on July 14, 2013. I enjoy these simple pleasures watching the birds and skywatching. I hope you enjoy my post. Happy Skywatching everyone!

Thanks for visiting my post and blog and I always appreciate your comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged

Thanks
to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of
NF Winged. I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

Simple pleasures last, cost nothing but time and attention, can't be stolen and don't overdraw a bank account! They're the best! (I too pull over on the way to school to take a photo!) Great skies and love your colourful collection of birds! So the brown headed cowbird has cuckoo habits!

The brown headed cowbird is new to me!! nice coloring. Nice seeing the red finch couple. I have put out thistle in hopes of attracting more of the red finches and love the golden finches. Nice moon shot!

The birds are fabulous fabulous fabulous. And a beautiful sky is always a good reason to slow down and take some photos.

Oh the moon - yesterday on the way home I saw the half moon in the sky and was going to take pictures of it - and completely forgot - drat. Well I'll try again tonight, but it will have changed a bit more - I need pictures of the half moon.

Love the red-bellied woodpeckers, though we haven't seen a pair of them for awhile, something must have happened to the male. Our little song sparrow has been busy raising cowbirds this summer, too. A fledgling cowbird came along with some starlings this week.

Bardzo lubię dzięcioły za ich leczenie drzew. Kardynały są urocze i mogę je tylko oglądać na zdjęciach, bo u nas ich nie ma. Niebo o wschodzie było bardzo ładne. Pozdrawiam.I like woodpeckers for the treatment of trees. Cardinals are adorable and I can only see the pictures, because with us they do not. The sky at sunrise was very nice. Yours.

Birds, sky, the moon, all wonderful gifts for us to only take time to see. I pull over for sunrise and sunset photos too. Thanks for stopping by earlier. and I'm so glad to be back on here to check out what's new.I have those same birds in my yard...Life is God

My answer is YES!!I have enjoyed your post tremendously!I love to discover birds we don't have in France.The Woodpecker and cowbird are gorgeous and so are your sunrises.Thanks for sharing.Keep well Eileen!

Handsome looking birds Eileen, and I really like the cowbird shot even though I know they have a bad reputation. Its a lovely pose of the woodpecker you found too - spot on shot. Enjoy your weekend of birding.

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
I love traveling and seeing new places. I blog just for fun & take photos just for fun. I do not sell my photos but if you see one you want to use one just let me know.

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